BARRENNESS. 

 Quite frequently a fancier will find a hen is 

 barren, or at least he thinks so. It is a very un- 

 common occurrence and when a hen does appear so, 

 nine out of ten times a rest of a few months will 

 fully restore her system to its proper healthy con- 

 dition. Again a hen is often condemned because of 

 laying, infertile eggs. Sometimes it is the fault of 

 the hen, she being weak, run down or the like, but 

 in the majority of oases the fault lies with the cock. 

 Try the plan of giving the hen a new mate; this 

 often tells the tale. 



COLDS. 



When a bird takes a cold the symptoms will be 

 sneezing, slight discharge from nostrils, etc. A little 

 alum in the drinking water is sufficient treatment. 

 SOFT SHELLED EGGS. 



Occasionally a hen will lay a soft shelled egg, 

 which is frequently due to an insufficiency of lime 

 material in the loft. ■ Birds must have lime in some 

 form, either oyster shells, lime grit, plaster, etc. This 

 IS not a disease, but it can also be the cause of 

 giving the bird overstimulating and fat forming foods 

 clogging the internal organs with fat and producing 

 weakness of the muscles. 



Treatment: Feed plain food, not much if any 

 hemp, give plenty of oyster shells (ground) and the 

 other materials containing lime, with lime water for 

 drink. 



A FEW POINTERS. 



Learn how to quickly recognize a disease and to 

 try and check its course if possible. Arrest the 



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